Long time coming...
So this has been a long time coming... I hope it lives up to expectations.
Whats new in my life... hmmm...
This semester is definitely going better than last semester in terms of academics. I'm still not sure about my current choice of major. My problem is that I really enjoy doing actual engineering work, but the classes required to get a degree in engineering are (at least in my opinion) unbearable. I hate physics with a fiery passion, which is a problem considering that I have to take like 4 semesters of it. I don't particularly mind math, but I'm not very good at it. I guess my major problem is that I'm not very good at the subjects that go into an engineering major, but I am very good at engineering itself. So the fact of the matter is that I can probably be successful in engineering, if I can manage to make it through college. Which leads me into thinking about potential major switches. I've put a lot of thought into a lot of majors ranging from Music Education to Political Science to Business Management. I ruled out Music Ed as not being lucrative enough to support the lifestyle that I've become accustomed to. Political science on its own doesn't do a whole lot and as such would most likely be a double major. Business on the other hand would most likely lead to success. However, my dad is pretty much against any change of major. He and I had a long talk about majors and where I wanted to go with my life. He really wants me to stay an engineering major for two big reasons. 1) He believes that engineering education creates the most prepared candidates for any field. He cites that most of his friends from college were engineering students, and only one of them is currently an engineer. 2) He dropped out of the engineering major at Cornell, and he cites it as the one thing he regrets most in his academic life. He told me that he was proud of me being an engineering major because it was one this that he wasn't able to do. That means a lot to me and I don't want to let him down. But I feel that I'll be letting him down more by possibly failing out of the engineering major than by cutting my losses now and switching. I'm going to have to do a lot more thinking and research before I make my decision.
On a decidedly more carefree note, I saw Bruce Springsteen last night with my dad. It was quite enjoyable, even if he is a huge left-winger.
On that note, I've also become very interested in the presidential election, and it pains me to see so many of my fellow students being so uninterested. I suppose it could be a product of our current political situation. But with there being so much dissatisfaction with our current president (I won't get into why) one would think that more people would be interested in changing the situation (and I'm not only talking about Obama) and yet it seems as though american kids just take for granted their incredible privilege that they're granted when it comes to selecting their own leader. Thats my mostly non-partisan analysis of America's current political situation in regards to America's youth.
Anything else interesting in my life at the current moment? Oh I guess the girls will be interested in this, but there's kind of a girl. I met her at a part back in January and then we ran into each other at THON (http//www.thon.org) and decided to meet up again. So we've hung out a few times and we get along really well, but I don't know if this is going to go anywhere or not. We'll see.
I really want to go back to Nantucket, which is weird because I normally don't really have all that much interest in going to Nantucket. I guess sometime this winter I really began to appreciate how much Nantucket means to me. Not only is it a place where I can hang out with people like me (insert numerous yuppy jokes here) but its more than that. I really enjoy the whole atmosphere of the place and I really want to go back. I guess its a good thing that I only have like 2 months to go.
Thats pretty much all thats going on in my life. Sorry that was ridiculously long.
Whats new in my life... hmmm...
This semester is definitely going better than last semester in terms of academics. I'm still not sure about my current choice of major. My problem is that I really enjoy doing actual engineering work, but the classes required to get a degree in engineering are (at least in my opinion) unbearable. I hate physics with a fiery passion, which is a problem considering that I have to take like 4 semesters of it. I don't particularly mind math, but I'm not very good at it. I guess my major problem is that I'm not very good at the subjects that go into an engineering major, but I am very good at engineering itself. So the fact of the matter is that I can probably be successful in engineering, if I can manage to make it through college. Which leads me into thinking about potential major switches. I've put a lot of thought into a lot of majors ranging from Music Education to Political Science to Business Management. I ruled out Music Ed as not being lucrative enough to support the lifestyle that I've become accustomed to. Political science on its own doesn't do a whole lot and as such would most likely be a double major. Business on the other hand would most likely lead to success. However, my dad is pretty much against any change of major. He and I had a long talk about majors and where I wanted to go with my life. He really wants me to stay an engineering major for two big reasons. 1) He believes that engineering education creates the most prepared candidates for any field. He cites that most of his friends from college were engineering students, and only one of them is currently an engineer. 2) He dropped out of the engineering major at Cornell, and he cites it as the one thing he regrets most in his academic life. He told me that he was proud of me being an engineering major because it was one this that he wasn't able to do. That means a lot to me and I don't want to let him down. But I feel that I'll be letting him down more by possibly failing out of the engineering major than by cutting my losses now and switching. I'm going to have to do a lot more thinking and research before I make my decision.
On a decidedly more carefree note, I saw Bruce Springsteen last night with my dad. It was quite enjoyable, even if he is a huge left-winger.
On that note, I've also become very interested in the presidential election, and it pains me to see so many of my fellow students being so uninterested. I suppose it could be a product of our current political situation. But with there being so much dissatisfaction with our current president (I won't get into why) one would think that more people would be interested in changing the situation (and I'm not only talking about Obama) and yet it seems as though american kids just take for granted their incredible privilege that they're granted when it comes to selecting their own leader. Thats my mostly non-partisan analysis of America's current political situation in regards to America's youth.
Anything else interesting in my life at the current moment? Oh I guess the girls will be interested in this, but there's kind of a girl. I met her at a part back in January and then we ran into each other at THON (http//www.thon.org) and decided to meet up again. So we've hung out a few times and we get along really well, but I don't know if this is going to go anywhere or not. We'll see.
I really want to go back to Nantucket, which is weird because I normally don't really have all that much interest in going to Nantucket. I guess sometime this winter I really began to appreciate how much Nantucket means to me. Not only is it a place where I can hang out with people like me (insert numerous yuppy jokes here) but its more than that. I really enjoy the whole atmosphere of the place and I really want to go back. I guess its a good thing that I only have like 2 months to go.
Thats pretty much all thats going on in my life. Sorry that was ridiculously long.